Walnut Creek California Information
The first known inhabitants of the Walnut Creek area were the Bolbones Indians. In March 1772, the first Spanish explorers arrived to the region. California became a possession of Mexico following the Mexican Revolution in 1821. To encourage settlement in its newly-acquired territory, Mexico made large land grants, four of which were in the Walnut Creek area. A grant of nearly 18,000 acres in what today is the Ygnacio Valley was made to Dona Juana Sanchez de Pacheco, whose husband, Miguel, had been a war hero for Mexico. She deeded her property to two grandsons, Ygnacio and Ysidro Sibrian. Ygnacio Sibrian, the namesake of the Ygnacio Valley, built the first roofed residence in the valley around 1850. Following the Mexican-American War, California became a United States territory and subsequently a state in 1850.
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WALNUT CREEK NEIGHBORHOODS
- Beacon Ridge
- Blackwood
- Broadway Plaza
- Brooktree
- Diablo Hills
- Diablo Shadows
- Estates of Walnut Creek
- Joaquin Ranch
- Lakewood
- Larkey Park
- Livorna Estates
- Meadow Creek
- Northgate 1
- Northgate 2
- Oak Road
- Overlook
- Palos Verdes
- Parkmead
- Pleasant Run
- Rancho Paraiso
- Rossmoor
- Rudgear Estates
- Rudgear Meadows
- San Miguel
- Sancho
- Saranap
- Somerset
- Sterling Ridge
- Summit Ridge
- Walnut Heights
- Walnut Knolls
- Wild Oak
- Woodlands
- Ygnacio Valley
